Norwich 0-1 Portsmouth
Norwich
0-1
Portsmouth
Our call before kick-off
Logged before kick-off at the price shown and graded from the final score. Every call is on the track record, wins and losses alike.
How the game went
One goal short. Going in, the two sides' recent form pointed to about 3.2 goals, with two or more the likelier outcome.
Our read before the game
Two bottom-half sides short up front and at the back point this toward goals, not control
Two bottom-half sides meet with long injury lists on both ends, Norwich missing six first-teamers and Portsmouth still without their main striker, so this looks shaped for goals rather than a tight, low-scoring fight. Norwich's extra home comfort and Portsmouth's threadbare away form make the hosts the shorter price, but neither side looks capable of keeping a clean sheet.
- Mohamed Toure: out (shoulder surgery, to January)
- Lucien Mahovo: out (knee)
- Kenny McLean: out
- Mirko Topic: out (knee)
- Ali Ahmed: out (knee)
- Papa Amadou Diallo: out
- Luke Brooke-Smith: out
- Arthur: out
- Keshi Anderson: back, made first appearance of the campaign off the bench
Written Wed 14 Oct, about 86 hours before kick-off, and left as it was.